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Bill paint the mount, but leave where it touches the body of the Jeep and the underside of where the antenna mounts bare.

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It gives a better ground plane than say the tire carrier or tailgate like most Wrangler owners use, but the body of the XJ would provide a better ground plane. Due to the wavelength of...

Perhaps one that had been tweaked, peaked, and frequed.... but have never had a 4+/- watt CB dim anything when transmitting.

You can run it to an acc port on the fusebox or use a cig lighter adapter. As far as powering the radio it works fine. You may get some engine noise though (high pitch whine) in which case you would...

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Yes that is a SWR meter, typically regarded as not being quite as accurate as an external meter but should give you a good general idea.

The top left switch, set to CAL (Calibrate). Set CB to...

I would hook a SWR meter up to it. If you need help with that let us know.

If the SWR checks out good I would look to the radio as possibly being the issue.

Though CBs generally aren't long distance talkers you should be able to get a couple miles even with a short poorly placed antenna.

If all equipment was new when installed I would suspect that...

Whether you are running 100 watts or 1000 watts, if the person you are trying to talk to is only running 4 watts the other 96 watts (or 996 watts) that you are running are useless as you will still...

The Firestik Firefly is a little bit more flexible. It is what I currently have on my XJ since my 102" whip walked away.

Don't worry about watts, your CB is putting out maybe 4 watts... probably...

On the 97+ there is a grommet on the driver side where a large bundle of wires comes through the firewall. The grommet is really easy to get wire through, but is about as far away from the battery...

For a 4 watt CB it is fine. If you get any engine whine though you will want to run power directly to the battery.

I understand.. I did a lot of my studying in the bathroom (home and work), during lunch breaks at work, and while laying in bed before going to sleep.

With a spring on the whip you can fold/tie the whip over and out of the way. 4' whip would be easier, but 102" whip will perform better.

I know everyone studies differently, but I found it easier...

Test is generally $15 to take.. study guides can be found online for free (I linked to them earlier).

Cost of radios... just depends on how "big" you want to go.

The FCC (Federal Communications Commission) issues the call signs. When you take your test it is submitted by the team giving the test. In about 7-10 days your name and call sign will appear in the...

it's short and has a very strong magnet.

yeah, but it can also be done fairly simply as well. VHF/UHF is easy. It's HF where you have access to a vast majority of frequencies (General and Extra class license) where you want a radio and...

If you want to get expensive... you could run a screwdriver antenna with a controller that will adjust the length of the antenna. ...

Knowing how to field/manually program the radio is always good knowledge, but for general use get the programming cable and download the CHIRP software.

www.miklor.com is a great resource for the...

You got it.

Correct.. about 20"

A meter is about 3.3 feet. For 148MHz the radio wave is about 6.6' (2 meters) long.

I don't mind teaching others about ham radio at all.

300 / MHz = Meters/cm
300/ Meters/cm = MHz.

example: 300 / 2 Meters = 150MHz approx, really 144-148.
300 / 27.185MHz = 11.03 or 11 Meters (CB), 27.185MHz is Channel 19 for CB.

I know MHz and...

The frequencies that it operates in that requires you to have an Amateur Radio license from the FCC to use.